Srinivasan, who was recently given the go ahead to take charge as BCCI President by the Supreme Court, insisted that he was targetted by the media for no good reason.
"I am honest, very honest. And, I think my character has been seen in the last few months," said the Tamil Nadu strongman in an interview to ESPNCricinfo.
Asked how he reacted when the Supreme Court allowed him to take charge, Srinivasan said, "I was pleased. People who have known me for a long time will believe what I say. In the sense that I am a person who has always focused on what to do next."
"I don't carry any grudges, I don't have any such feelings at all. That's how I am. People who have known me for years will attest to it. I will just move on. This happened, okay, fine, I dealt with it, I am glad, I am back, I go on," he added.
"See, I can't do anything about that (public opinion). It doesn't affect me. It doesn't affect me because when I am not in BCCI I will not merit one line in any newspaper, so why must I worry about the 20 lines now?" he asked.
Srinivasan reiterated that he never interfered in the functioning of the BCCI probe panel, which was later deemed illegal by the Bombay High Court, to investigate the IPL scandal.